SENIOR police officers seem to be walking along the edge of a ravine. Rocks everywhere block the path, such as the Gayus Halomoan Tambunan scandal. He is the tax case-broker who accumulated Rp28 billion. This is just the tip of the corruption iceberg that could involve police generals.

Mutual threats have rung out at Jalan Trunojoyo, Jakarta, headquarters of the Indonesian National Police. Susno Duadji, former chief of the Police Crime Investiga